2017 AFL Round 3: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 2017 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 3 of the 2017 AFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Geelong
Back: Z. Tuohy, T. Lonergan, A. Mackie
Half-back: T. Stewart, L. Henderson, T. Ruggles
Centre: M. Blicavs, J. Selwood (capt.), J. Murdoch
Half-forward: J. Parsons, H. Taylor, B. Parfitt
Forward: L. McCarthy, T. Hawkins, D. Menzel
Follower: Z. Smith, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan
Int.: C. Guthrie, S. Menegola, S. Motlop, J. Thurlow

Melbourne
Back: C. Salem, T. McDonald, J. Hunt
Half-back: N. Jetta, O. McDonald, N. Jones
Centre: B. Vince, B. Stretch, J. Watts
Half-forward: D. Kent, S. Weideman, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: J. Garlett, C. Petracca, T. Smith
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Oliver, J. Viney
Int.: M. Hannan, J. Harmes, J. Melksham, D. Tyson

Geelong (20.6.126) defeated Melbourne (13.19.97).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (5), D. Menzel (4), P. Dangerfield (3), M. Blicavs (2), S. Motlop (2), L. McCarthy, B. Parfitt, J. Selwood, Z. Smith
Melbourne: D. Kent (2), J. Watts (2), J. Garlett, M. Hannan, J. Harmes, J. Hunt, N. Jetta, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Petracca, T. Smith, B. Stretch

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 7th) and Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 April 2017
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 29,733

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 20.6.126 - 13.19.97

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	5	.	2	9	.	2	14	.	2	20	.	6	20	.	6	(126)
Melbourne	2	.	4	7	.	11	12	.	17	13	.	19	13	.	19	(97)
Margin	GEEL by 16			GEEL by 3			MELB by 3			GEEL by 29			GEEL by 29
Duration	30:01			32:11			33:57			32:17			2:08:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking (#16), J. Mollison (#32), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Joel Selwood	GEEL	14	3
Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL	35	2
Jack Watts	MELB	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL	35	8	?	?	?	0	0
Jayden Hunt	MELB	29	8	?	?	?	0	0
Joel Selwood	GEEL	14	6	?	?	?	?	?
Mark Blicavs	GEEL	46	3	0	0	?	?	?
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	3	0	0	?	?	?
Tom Hawkins	GEEL	26	2	0	0	0	?	?

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
46	Blicavs, Mark	WL	85%	2	0	22	9	13	4	18	5	1	5	0	3	1	3
35	Dangerfield, Patrick	RR	87%	3	0	36	12	24	4	0	2	9	5	1	2	1	5
22	Duncan, Mitch	RO	81%	0	0	28	14	14	3	0	4	3	2	3	1	1	5
29	Guthrie, Cameron	INT	70%	0	0	10	2	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	89%	5	0	17	8	9	5	0	6	2	1	0	0	0	1
25	Henderson, Lachie	CHB	81%	0	1	10	3	7	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1
13	Lonergan, Tom	FB	85%	0	0	13	4	9	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
4	Mackie, Andrew	BPR	92%	0	0	20	10	10	4	0	1	2	4	1	1	2	0
6	McCarthy, Lincoln	FPL	91%	1	1	16	10	6	3	0	1	0	6	0	3	0	5
27	Menegola, Sam	INT	68%	0	0	24	9	15	3	0	9	4	2	0	0	3	4
10	Menzel, Daniel	FPR	88%	4	1	15	8	7	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
32	Motlop, Steven	INT	80%	2	0	16	10	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3
21	Murdoch, Jordan	WR	78%	0	1	18	6	12	1	0	4	3	4	1	1	0	1
3	Parfitt, Brandan	HFFR	73%	1	0	23	8	15	2	0	5	2	2	4	0	0	1
34	Parsons, James	HFFL	84%	0	0	18	9	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
36	Ruggles, Tom	HBFR	80%	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	C	85%	1	0	37	14	23	6	0	7	8	6	3	2	5	8
9	Smith, Zac	RU	75%	1	0	17	9	8	3	38	2	4	2	2	0	0	2
44	Stewart, Tom	HBFL	83%	0	0	10	3	7	2	0	3	0	5	0	2	2	0
7	Taylor, Harry	CHF	87%	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
40	Thurlow, Jackson	INT	69%	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	0
2	Tuohy, Zach	BPL	89%	0	0	21	13	8	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	8	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				20	6	403	180	223	69	56	65	42	51	17	17	33	46

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
36	Garlett, Jeff	FPL	93%	1	2	9	7	2	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	2
11	Gawn, Max	RU	35%	0	0	4	1	3	1	20	3	1	5	0	4	0	0
19	Hannan, Mitch	INT	82%	1	0	10	5	5	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	3
43	Harmes, James	INT	77%	1	1	13	6	7	3	0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0
29	Hunt, Jayden	BPR	92%	1	0	30	23	7	9	0	3	0	2	1	0	5	4
39	Jetta, Neville	HBFL	80%	1	0	15	12	3	6	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1
2	Jones, Nathan	HBFR	81%	0	3	36	19	17	6	0	5	5	4	2	1	4	8
16	Kent, Dean	HFFL	75%	2	3	22	16	6	8	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	5
28	McDonald, Oscar	CHB	84%	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	McDonald, Tom	FB	97%	0	0	18	12	6	7	0	2	0	2	1	0	4	1
18	Melksham, Jake	INT	74%	0	0	20	14	6	6	0	3	0	1	3	0	2	2
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	HFFR	79%	1	1	28	25	3	4	0	10	5	2	1	0	3	6
13	Oliver, Clayton	RR	78%	0	0	28	8	20	5	0	8	4	1	0	0	0	4
5	Petracca, Christian	FF	91%	1	1	24	11	13	6	0	1	3	2	0	0	1	5
3	Salem, Christian	BPL	89%	0	0	24	16	8	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1
38	Smith, Tim	FPR	90%	1	1	6	5	1	3	3	3	0	4	1	2	0	1
15	Stretch, Billy	C	80%	1	2	26	9	17	5	0	5	4	2	0	1	0	2
12	Tyson, Dom	INT	78%	0	1	15	6	9	3	0	5	1	4	0	2	0	1
23	Vince, Bernie	WL	88%	0	1	14	7	7	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	2
7	Viney, Jack	RO	66%	0	1	25	6	19	4	0	8	5	1	3	1	1	4
4	Watts, Jack	WR	85%	2	1	24	13	11	6	9	3	4	2	0	0	0	4
26	Weideman, Sam	CHF	83%	0	1	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				13	19	409	230	179	100	32	78	36	47	17	17	25	57

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	3	C. Salem	25	T. McDonald	29	J. Hunt	9	Z. Smith	29	C. Guthrie
	10	D. Menzel	26	T. Hawkins	6	L. McCarthy	35	P. Dangerfield	27	S. Menegola
FORWARD							22	M. Duncan	32	S. Motlop
HALF-BACK									40	J. Thurlow
	39	N. Jetta	28	O. McDonald	2	N. Jones
	3	B. Parfitt	7	H. Taylor	34	J. Parsons
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	23	B. Vince	15	B. Stretch	4	J. Watts
	21	J. Murdoch	14	J. Selwood (c)	46	M. Blicavs	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn	19	M. Hannan
HALF-FORWARD							13	C. Oliver	43	J. Harmes
	16	D. Kent	26	S. Weideman	30	A. Neal-Bullen	7	J. Viney	18	J. Melksham
	36	T. Ruggles	25	L. Henderson	44	T. Stewart			12	D. Tyson
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	36	J. Garlett	5	C. Petracca	38	T. Smith
	4	A. Mackie	13	T. Lonergan	2	Z. Tuohy
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Jeff Garlett behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:22
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:16
	GEEL	Lachie Henderson behind	0.1.1	-	0.2.2	05:31
	GEEL	Daniel Menzel goal	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	08:32
	GEEL	Daniel Menzel behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	09:52
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	2.2.14	-	0.2.2	11:38
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs goal	3.2.20	-	0.2.2	13:27
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	17:43
	MELB	Dom Tyson behind	3.2.20	-	1.3.9	20:53
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	4.2.26	-	1.3.9	21:51
	MELB	Tim Smith goal	4.2.26	-	2.3.15	23:52
	MELB	Jack Watts behind	4.2.26	-	2.4.16	26:42
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs goal	5.2.32	-	2.4.16	28:54
Q2	MELB	Jack Watts goal	5.2.32	-	3.4.22	02:24
	MELB	Billy Stretch goal	5.2.32	-	4.4.28	04:44
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	6.2.38	-	4.4.28	07:15
	MELB	Tim Smith behind	6.2.38	-	4.5.29	09:12
	MELB	Nathan Jones behind	6.2.38	-	4.6.30	10:55
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	7.2.44	-	4.6.30	14:09
	MELB	James Harmes behind	7.2.44	-	4.7.31	15:49
	MELB	Jayden Hunt goal	7.2.44	-	5.7.37	16:38
	MELB	Billy Stretch behind	7.2.44	-	5.8.38	19:27
	MELB	Sam Weideman behind	7.2.44	-	5.9.39	20:24
	MELB	Jeff Garlett goal	7.2.44	-	6.9.45	21:07
	GEEL	Steven Motlop goal	8.2.50	-	6.9.45	22:42
	GEEL	Daniel Menzel goal	9.2.56	-	6.9.45	23:48
	MELB	Dean Kent behind	9.2.56	-	6.10.46	29:02
	MELB	Jack Watts goal	9.2.56	-	7.10.52	29:43
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	9.2.56	-	7.11.53	31:23
Q3	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	9.2.56	-	8.11.59	02:16
	MELB	Nathan Jones behind	9.2.56	-	8.12.60	03:14
	MELB	Dean Kent behind	9.2.56	-	8.13.61	04:11
	MELB	Dean Kent goal	9.2.56	-	9.13.67	07:12
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	10.2.62	-	9.13.67	09:22
	MELB	Billy Stretch behind	10.2.62	-	9.14.68	11:19
	MELB	Jeff Garlett behind	10.2.62	-	9.15.69	12:13
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	11.2.68	-	9.15.69	12:58
	MELB	Jack Viney behind	11.2.68	-	9.16.70	16:12
	MELB	Nathan Jones behind	11.2.68	-	9.17.71	17:19
	MELB	Neville Jetta goal	11.2.68	-	10.17.77	19:42
	GEEL	Steven Motlop goal	12.2.74	-	10.17.77	21:19
	MELB	Dean Kent goal	12.2.74	-	11.17.83	23:43
	MELB	James Harmes goal	12.2.74	-	12.17.89	29:13
	GEEL	Zac Smith goal	13.2.80	-	12.17.89	31:35
	GEEL	Daniel Menzel goal	14.2.86	-	12.17.89	33:51
Q4	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	15.2.92	-	12.17.89	01:43
	GEEL	Lincoln McCarthy goal	16.2.98	-	12.17.89	03:26
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	17.2.104	-	12.17.89	05:02
	MELB	Mitch Hannan goal	17.2.104	-	13.17.95	06:39
	GEEL	Rushed behind	17.3.105	-	13.17.95	10:10
	GEEL	Lincoln McCarthy behind	17.4.106	-	13.17.95	11:19
	GEEL	Brandan Parfitt goal	18.4.112	-	13.17.95	14:20
	GEEL	Rushed behind	18.5.113	-	13.17.95	16:07
	MELB	Dean Kent behind	18.5.113	-	13.18.96	18:57
	GEEL	Joel Selwood goal	19.5.119	-	13.18.96	22:56
	GEEL	Daniel Menzel goal	20.5.125	-	13.18.96	28:20
	GEEL	Jordan Murdoch behind	20.6.126	-	13.18.96	30:19
	MELB	Bernie Vince behind	20.6.126	-	13.19.97	31:08

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